sorry.afk: SL Student Center
SL Student Center A number of folks have attended the Lessons in Second Life meeting that Jeremy Hunsinger hosts on Mondays from 1-2:30pm at the _blacklibrary on hyperborea. [From sorry.afk: SL Student Center] — AJ posts about the idea that i’ve been working on for a universal student center in SL. It would be open […]
Read Morethinking worlds
A. A Thinking WorldTM task is a challenge that will take place in a 3D world. For example you may be answering multiple choice questions about how blood gets around the body, whilst exploring a 3D set of lungs. Or you may be bringing different characters information about bullying in a 3D classroom. [From Serious […]
Read Moreole switcheroo
— sometimes i get the feeling that most people in most parts of life are doing this.
Read Morecenter for new humanities
— this is an interesting presentation for a center for new humanities at rutgers. I’m not sure that humanities are centered around creativity, but I am sure that i think that they humanities lead the way in terms of the skills that allow creativity and innovation to flourish.
Read MoreQS Top Universities: THES – QS World University Rankings – top university rankings from around the world
THES – QS World University Rankings [From QS Top Universities: THES – QS World University Rankings – top university rankings from around the world] — the new rankings are out for the best universities. these are the times higher education supplement rankings. they have some interesting numbers.
Read MorePsyBlog: What Everyone Should Know About Their Own Minds: 6 Introspective Insights From Psychology
What Everyone Should Know About Their Own Minds: 6 Introspective Insights From Psychology [From PsyBlog: What Everyone Should Know About Their Own Minds: 6 Introspective Insights From Psychology] some great insights here.
Read MoreBooks | The reading cure
The reading cure The idea that literature can make us emotionally and physically stronger goes back to Plato. [From Books | The reading cure] — This is actually one of my major insights, luckily i share it with many people. It is pretty simple. Great fiction, great books provide models for being, ways of coping, […]
Read MorePreservation and Access Across the Spectrum
Theorizing Digital Cultural Heritage: A Critical Discourse (Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2007) provides one clump of essays exploring the use of digitization, mostly from the vantage of museums but considering cultural heritage to span across libraries, galleries, archives, and archaeology as well. [From Preservation and Access Across the Spectrum] — this looks like an interesting […]
Read Morepresidential watch map 2008
a sophisticated network visualization of the 297 most visible & influential websites, the “core US political webosphere”. the sites are divided in 4 categories: Conservative, Independent, Mass Media & Progressive [presidentialwatch08.com (map view) & presidentialwatch08.com (trends view)|thnkx Guilhem] [From information aesthetics] this is a pretty nifty system.
Read MoreChinese dumplings sicken 10 Japanese – Yahoo! News
Ten Japanese were sickened, including a child who fell into a coma, after eating Chinese-made dumplings contaminated with insecticide, police and health officials [From Chinese dumplings sicken 10 Japanese – Yahoo! News] ——- where do they such a huge supply of police and health officials….
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